The Final Chapter about The Boy Who Lived

Bedigunz

I'm of course talking about Harry Potter. Today the new trailer went online and it looks goddamn awesome.

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallows/

I only saw it once (without sound) so I don't know how they are cutting the book in half for both movies, but it looks epic regardless.

Also, you can talk about how Lego Harry Potter comes out today. I finally found a game my girlfriend and I can play together. It looks pretty bitchin.

Langly

oh man I am gonna Wingardium Leviosa all up in that bitch

Garlic Bread

Lego Harry Potter is awesome and I can't stop playing it

Bedigunz

I played the demo and it was tits. I'm a little bummed that they split the game into books 1-4, then another game for 5-7, but whatever.

Are the unlockables awesome so far? I only played Lego Star Wars (complete saga) and the best purchase was the brick multipliers which would stack and create a 256x multiplier

Garlic Bread

I haven't bought any of the unlockables and haven't found the multipliers yet. It's more adventurey than the past games

My favorite character is Fang

M.D.

dang lego harry potter, might have to buy that

Goose!

I am pretty excited. The trailer has some weird points/annoyances for me (mostly due to ruined symblolism from the book because I am a nerd) but I am anticipating a really great movie.

Also I am going to see the new Islands of Adventure park, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, in 2 weeks. The only thing I am not excited for is the lines.

Garlic Bread

Bedigunz wrote: »

I'm a little bummed that they split the game into books 1-4, then another game for 5-7, but whatever.

Probably because the seventh's movies aren't out yet.

Plus I don't know how they're gonna replace all the death and killing and stuff with Lego humor

also they need to make Lego Batman 2. Don't know why they made Indiana Jones 2 since nobody was asking for it

FlatEric

Saw the trailer yesterday. Looks good!

It's a shame they're releasing the movies 6 months or so apart.

Cilla Black

They did a pretty good job with the deaths in Lego Star Wars.

Garlic Bread

Goose! wrote: »

I am pretty excited. The trailer has some weird points/annoyances for me (mostly due to ruined symblolism from the book because I am a nerd) but I am anticipating a really great movie.

Also I am going to see the new Islands of Adventure park, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, in 2 weeks. The only thing I am not excited for is the lines.

my friend's brother went to the park for the first two opening days. she said he waited like four hours to get into the park and then three hours to get on one ride and then that was it

the second day he got there before they opened, got in line, and they said "yeah you're never gonna get in here today, sorry" so he left

THEPAIN73

I saw the trailer yesterday and I for one am super excited.

This is a movie series that is true to form.

The worst part is waiting for July 2011. FUUUUUUUU

Stationary

I'm sure its slowed down a bit since the opening, but we had guests coming into my work after the parks closed saying they were waiting around 5-6 hours to get onto Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.

Garlic Bread

Cilla Black wrote: »

They did a pretty good job with the deaths in Lego Star Wars.

yeah but Star Wars is cheesey and Harry Potter is true literature

KalTorak

Not really a huge fan of the movies, but it's still fun watching the trailers. They've all looked fantastic, they really nailed the picture I had in my head.

Also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzGg11QbNhQ

mcp

The last book should have been called "Harry Potter and the 400 Page Camping Trip".

So much, "Camped out. Couldn't think of anything to do. Moved to a new spot."

Viscount Islands

The last was really not that enjoyable.

"We're in the wood...we're in the woods...we're in the woods...EMOTIONS...CHARACTER DEATH"

UnbreakableVow

Keith wrote: »

Lego Harry Potter is awesome and I can't stop playing it

Good to hear, I just bought this

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The Men Who Fell To Earth

UnbreakableVow

Also I really want to go to the Wizarding World at Universal, but I'm waiting till like September when it dies down a little

Bedigunz

Viscount Islands wrote: »

The last was really not that enjoyable.

"We're in the wood...we're in the woods...we're in the woods...EMOTIONS...CHARACTER DEATH"

I think that's why I'm looking forward to the movies. They are most likely going to cut the camping out and compress the story to WIZARD ACTION.

Also, I want to see Hedwig explode

Viscount Islands

Yeah the trailer looks really good and a lot more actiony.

UnbreakableVow

That trailer is amazing, probably the best one since the Prisoner of Azkaban trailers, which is what persuaded me to pick up the films (and subsequently books) in the first place.

M.D.

i have a 2 year pass for universal so i'm gonna wait to go as well around october/november when i'm back home.

Darlan

I thought this thread was gonna be about the Deathly Hallows epilouge, and how amazingly piss poor it was. Man, that thing read like it was copied and pasted off of a 13 year old's fanfic site.

UnbreakableVow

Also I've greatly enjoyed five of the six films so far, so in my opinion it's already easily the most entertaining film series out there

If the last two films are done well that's just gravy

Hunter

Darlan wrote: »

I thought this thread was gonna be about the Deathly Hallows epilouge, and how amazingly piss poor it was. Man, that thing read like it was copied and pasted off of a 13 year old's fanfic site.

Everyone snogged and had babies and they were all the bestest of friends and they ate chocolate frogs and they all used names of other dead but beloved characters!

Viscount Islands

Darlan wrote: »

I thought this thread was gonna be about the Deathly Hallows epilouge, and how amazingly piss poor it was. Man, that thing read like it was copied and pasted off of a 13 year old's fanfic site.

A lot of the book felt that way.

The climax was just dumb and had so many holes.

M.D.

Hunter wrote: »

Darlan wrote: »

I thought this thread was gonna be about the Deathly Hallows epilouge, and how amazingly piss poor it was. Man, that thing read like it was copied and pasted off of a 13 year old's fanfic site.

Everyone snogged and had babies and they were all the bestest of friends and they ate chocolate frogs and they all used names of other dead but beloved characters!

but those frogs were so good, don't forget

Hunter

Viscount Islands wrote: »

Darlan wrote: »

I thought this thread was gonna be about the Deathly Hallows epilouge, and how amazingly piss poor it was. Man, that thing read like it was copied and pasted off of a 13 year old's fanfic site.

A lot of the book felt that way.

The climax was just dumb and had so many holes.

Speaking of climaxing in holes, I wonder if they'll show how all those wizard babies were made :winky:

UnbreakableVow

I thought the last book was pretty much perfect, aside from the epilogue

And I didn't even have any real problems with the epilogue, it just...it felt like it didn't fit, somehow

Hunter

I was fine with some information and closure in the epilogue, but it was written like teenage fanfic instead of this person is now working here and these two got married and had a few kids.

It seemed more to do with waiting a few years so she could release Harry Potter and the Infinite Bags of Money. Keep the fans dreaming of snogging and budding relationships.

I bet they'll do more books, even if a ghostwriter does it. She may be done with it, but the publishers can't let a cash cow go unmilked when fans still crave it.

Darlan

I dunno, even setting writing quality aside (oof) I didn't care for a lot of the content either.

"Hermione, most talented witch of all time, lives an adult life whose only notable event was...marrying and having kids."

KalTorak

Well, she didn't really go into anyone's accomplishments, other than Neville becoming a professor.

Besides, when put in perspective, what else is going to measure up? "These three hunted down an evil overlord's soul-fragments and threw them into the sun, then rules-lawyered the evil bastard to death in a giant castle after humoungous battle. Also, Harry won the Quidditch world cup a few years later."

Plus Harry's last non-epilogue line (something about having enough excitement for a lifetime) sort of suggested that being able to settle down with a family for a bit would be a welcome change.

UnbreakableVow

Hunter wrote: »

I was fine with some information and closure in the epilogue, but it was written like teenage fanfic instead of this person is now working here and these two got married and had a few kids.

It seemed more to do with waiting a few years so she could release Harry Potter and the Infinite Bags of Money. Keep the fans dreaming of snogging and budding relationships.

I bet they'll do more books, even if a ghostwriter does it. She may be done with it, but the publishers can't let a cash cow go unmilked when fans still crave it.

There's still that big encyclopedia she was working on. Or did that get canceled or something?

Even if they do more books, it doesn't matter to me. The series is over. Anything anyone else does is non-canon.

Viscount Islands

She is a billionaire I highly doubt she'll ever write anything ever again.

Also Albus Severus Potter is the dumbest name I have ever read.

Charles Kinbote

man I do not remember a single thing that happened in the last book, so my curiosity took me to the wiki page

this is ridiculous

Rowling revealed additional character information that she chose not to include in the book. The first bits of information were about the trio and their families, starting with Harry.

She said that Harry became an Auror for the Ministry of Magic, and was later appointed head of the department. He also kept Sirius Black's motorcycle, which Arthur Weasley repaired for him, but he can no longer speak Parseltongue after the destruction of Voldemort's soul fragment within him. She also said that Ginny Weasley played for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, then leaving to establish a family with Harry, and later became the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet. Ron Weasley worked at George's store for a time, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and then joined Harry as an Auror. Hermione found her parents in Australia, and removed the memory modification charm she had put on them for safety. Initially, she worked for the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly improving life for house elves. She later moved to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and assisted in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She was also the only member of the trio to go back and complete her seventh year at Hogwarts. Rowling then went on the explain that Dumbledore's relationship with Gellert Grindelwald extended beyond mere friendship; indeed, Rowling has revealed that "Dumbledore is gay, actually",[14] and harboured romantic feelings for Grindelwald.[15] Next, Rowling revealed the fate of Voldemort. After his death, he was forced to exist in the stunted form Harry witnessed in the King's Cross limbo, as his crimes were too severe for him to become a ghost.

Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters, starting with the Weasleys. George Weasley continued his successful joke shop. George married fellow Quidditch player Angelina Johnson and had two children: a son named Fred, in memory of his late twin brother, and a daughter, Roxanne. Next, Rowling proceeded to explain Luna Lovegood's future, saying that she searched the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually married Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist Newt Scamander[13], writer of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. They have twins called Lorcan and Lysander. Her father's publication, The Quibbler, has returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy" and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.

Rowling then gave briefer histories on some more of the minor characters, as follows. Draco Malfoy married Astoria Greengrass and had a son named Scorpius. Percy Weasley married a woman named Audrey and had two daughters, named Molly and Lucy. Firenze was welcomed back into his herd, who finally acknowledged the virtue of his pro-human leanings. Dolores Umbridge was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns. Cho Chang went on to marry a Muggle.[16] Neville Longbottom became professor of Herbology at Hogwarts and married Hannah Abbott, who became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.[17] Bill and Fleur Weasley had a total of three children, a younger son named Louis, and two daughters, named Dominique and Victoire.

Rowling also revealed further transformations in the wider wizarding world as follows. Kingsley Shacklebolt became the permanent Minister of Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. Among the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, Azkaban no longer used Dementors. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also instrumental in reforming the Ministry.[11] At Hogwarts, Slytherin House became more diluted and no longer held the title as the pure-blood bastion it once was, although its dark reputation lingered. Voldemort's jinx on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position was broken with his death, and there was a permanent Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher stated. Harry also is said to come to the Defence Against the Dark Arts class to lecture several times a year. Lastly, Rowling says that a portrait of Severus Snape, who briefly served as Hogwarts Headmaster, had not appeared in the headmaster's office, as he had abandoned his post. Harry then ensures the addition of Snape's portrait, and publicly revealed Snape's true allegiance.

J.K. Rowling is a delight, but to sit down after your seven-part series has concluded and reveal four paragraphs of character conclusion, tossing out children and spouse names left and right, is just hilarious

I should read that last book again though, hmm

cj iwakura

They better not mess up the group battle at the end.

KalTorak

Viscount Islands wrote: »

She is a billionaire I highly doubt she'll ever write anything ever again.

Also Albus Severus Potter is the dumbest name I have ever read.

What about Scorpius Malfoy?

But yeah, Albus Severus sucks. Severus is an OK middle name, but couple with Albus? Plus Dumbledore had like 47 names, why not just name your kid Brian?

Hunter

Viscount Islands wrote: »

She is a billionaire I highly doubt she'll ever write anything ever again.

Also Albus Severus Potter is the dumbest name I have ever read.

Agreed, that's why I said ghost writers or just hand it off. Publishing houses don't walk away from making more millions of dollars, and I've never seen a rich person who didn't finally agree to make more millions if it meant them doing nothing but maybe having their name attached to something.

Viscount Islands

cj iwakura wrote: »

They better not mess up the group battle at the end.

Mess up something that was pretty boring and uninteresting anyway?